Machine and method applicable to the cutting of sheet material



Nov. 10, 1925- F. M. FURBER MACHINE AND METHQD APPLICABLE To THE CUTTING 0F SHEET MATERIAL Original Filed March 10, '1919 Fig Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

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FREDERICK M. runners; on BEAenM-on'r, rrnssncnnsnrrsgiAssmnon' re uitrrirn snon MACHINERY conrortnrren; or -rim'nnsong NEWLJERSEHYZI A -eonrenn'rroir OF NEW J ERSEYI IEACH'INE- AND METHOD*APIPIIGABEELTO THE CUTTING OF .MATERIAIi Application filed -MarchlO, 1919, Seria1 No.-,28fli,848. Ren ewedrs Novemberw 15 1322i SerdaL I 1 0; l,1;79I..

To allwvhom it may. coin'cermi.

Beit known that ;I -FREDERICK M-.. FURBER, a citizenof the United-' States, residing. at Beachmont, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have inventedcertain Improvements in Machines and Meth ods Applicable to theCuttingof Sheet Mas ter-ial, 0t Whichthe following description, in connection! with the accompanying: draw ings,, is a specifi'cation-- like; refereneeficharacfters on"the drawingsindicating like partsi-n the sereral figures.

This inventiom relates to machines and methods-for use in the cutting, of, slieetmas terial and more particularly to-th'e. production of blanks in: quantity from sheet mate rial. The invent-ion is herein exemplified with specialrefer'e'nce to; thecutting, of heel lifts, but it is to be-undi'erstood that in various aspectsrthe invent-ionisnot so'li'mited but is applicable to-the production off analogous blanks: and parts Heret'orore in attempting: tosecure'theeeonomical prod uctimi. of heel-lifts, soles; and

similar blanksin' quantity,- a. plurality of dies shaped to correspond to the blanks; desired have been: arranged. tot-cut -simulta;- neously throughcthe selected: material, with results not entirely satisfactory from. the standpoint of economyof power and. oi ma:-

terial. Since the wallswot the dies liaveap r preciable thickness and; the compressibility of the material operated-uponi and located between thedies is limited the dies, mustzbe spaced a certain'distance apart with; the result that considerable scraprmateria l is-proF d uced alongwith the blanks; Moreover for forcing a set of dies through sheet material such as. sole"- leather, leathemboard', heavy 0 described.

paper board, and composition sheet ma terial, machines ordinarily of great Weight; and strength must be constructed. capable-oi developing' power: suflicient. to the: requirements of the Work. The compression of thematerial between the dies adding tothedfzrietionail' drag of the material upon the; dies as the latter are forced through theimayteriailis a bi factor'in the resistance encounteredduring cutting operations undertheir1cen-ditions It has been proposed to force: a singled ie through apluralityof superposed layers of material Here agai'mtherexpenditure of power is very great: and increases while the rate oilftlieiw ork feeding, and'cut;

rapi dly uzitliieacli: added; layer.v offfmateri al ting operations is likely to decreasewiilli the increase of layers. inthe wonk.and'.lofweiglit in themachine. i 7 It anobject; of the presentinventiom to provide. a method 0t cutting, blanks fiiom sheet. material. the. practiceof'llwhicliitwill he generally more. satisfactory and...economical than.methods heretofore emplijyedli r Accord ngly, in; one. aspect; {the invention comprises:thelpresentationoi heet material- With respect to: a. plurality of dies 1 in. such manner. that'aflmini nuin of waster-or scrap materialisproduced in thedi'eiilg-out oper':

ations.

Tb this ench/adjacent. sections. of} a row of sections. of; sheetlm'ateri alare moved: lat

tially equal to the Width of a section.

The: invention, contemplates. also the. out

tingof sheetmateriallihtb sectionsor. blanks 1 insuch manner as to. utilize alpreviousl'y out section or blank as a cutting bed for. a,..suc% ceed-ing cutting. operation, thus. insuring clean cutting of the, sections: or. blanks and at the same-time. avoiding any mutilation of the cutting. means and thecosoperatingwork supporting structure In. this aspect; the

method comprises the, positioning ofsslicet material to becut-ontopof alpieceloflmaterial. already operated, upon. Preferably, prior to ancutting operation; the lowermost cut sections are removed fronLthe-bottomof the:pil e, cutting operations. being; .perfior'med in properly timed. relation with respect to the introduction and removal oiwork. Such a procedure has the: marked; advantage. of

being practicable in; the use: of. the; simplesttypesof. completely automatic machinery;

In-zits machine aspect,;a feature of the: in

yention comprises 5 a. novel arrangement; of

dies-in acutting-machine which it. ispos sible in operating. upon. sheet. material. to out simultaneously aplurality of blanks as closely adjacent in the. sheet as if the. dies Were in: contact with each other-fand'ihad Wall's of,noappreciablethickness,1

Qther? features of. importance. relateto novel constructions. ina. cutting machine. op-

feeding members for the sections'of sheet 7 plication. 'As

lit

' to the arrangement adjacent sections. removed from the table 6 by suitable means material; and

Fig. 3 is a section of a portion of the machine taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

I In the illustrative -machine there is disclosed one embodiment of the invention which may be used in practicing the novel method of cutting sheet material into blanks described in detail and claimed in this apdisclosed the machine comprises a work support 6 upon which sheet material rests during cutting operations effected bymeans of severing knives 8 arranged in regularly spaced relation upon a crosshead 10. Preferably sheets or'strips of stock will be fed by suitable means (not shown) from a magazine (not shown) into position on a work support or table 6, a gage 12 being provided at one end of the table for determining the correct location of the strips for the cutting operation. According disclosed the strips are out into sections of uniform size while they are supported by a strip which has already been cut into sections, this arrangement being for the purpose of providing a fresh cutting bed for each strip or set of strips that is out, and of preventing mutilation of the knives 8 or of the work support 6 during cutting operations It is necessary, in starting the operation of the machine for the first time, to position sections'ofthe proper size on the cutting bed 6. There after the machine operates on fresh strips placed on top of the previously sectioned strip or strips and removes the bottom sectioned strip after each succeeding cutting operation. By this removal a freshly cut or sectioned strip is deposited upon the table 6 and serves as a cutting bed for the succeeding sheet or strip of material so that the cut ting edges of the knives 8'pass throughthe strip being cut and into the spaces between The bottom sections are comprising in the illustrative machine, forked feeding members 14 which have fingers'16 so arranged as .to feed adjacent sections in opposite directions as the feedin members approach each other. Preferablythe feeding members are simultaneously operated by means comprising shafts 17. In order to effect the feeding operation, the fingers of the two feeding members 1% are staggered relatively to each other and pass into interlocking arrangement across the work supporting table 6. As the sections 18 leave the table 6 they pass over the upper open ends of dies 20. These dies are of sufiicient size to form heel lifts having maximum width approximately equal to the width of a section of material, and are made -hollow in order to receive lifts as they are died out. The dies 20 are arranged in two rows one on each side-of the table 6 and spaced from. each other in the row a distance corresponding approximately to one dimension of the sections. This dimension is also practically equivalent to a transverse dimension of the dies so that, if the two rows of dies were moved directly toward each other until the dies were all arranged in one row, each die would be in contact with each adjacent die. In other words, by this arrangement of dies blanks are cut so from the sections of sheet material as to leave practically no scrap material at the sides of the sections. Since it is not possible in a practical machine to arrange the dies so closely together in one row, the arrangement adopted has the advantage of efiecting the same saving of material by cutting blanks with as little waste as would occur if they were cut in a hypothetical machine havingdies arranged in contact with each other.

In pushing the sections of the lowermost strip from the supporting table 6, it is obvious that sections above and resting on the lowermost sections would be displaced'laterally were no means provided for preventing such displacement. As shown, holding or retaining members 22 are provided detachably mounted on side bars 2% and hav ing flanged ends 26 disposed insuch a way as to prevent movement laterally of all but the lowermost sections which rest on the table 6. While the flanged ends 26 of the retaining members are shown to present plane faces toward the medial line of the table, it is clear that said faces may be curved, especially at the ends thereof, in order more readily to guide the uncut strips of material as they are fed from the magazine on to the work supporting table. After the sections 18 have been positioned over the dies 20, relative movement between the Sitld. dies and co-operating blocks or presser "members 28 is effective to cut or d1e out heel lifts from the sections. In the illustrative machine crosshead members are provided at opposite ends of the work support 6 for carrying the crosshead 10 and presser members28. One of the crosshead members is shown at 30, and is adapted to be reciprocated upon guides 31 by means of any suitable mechanism. Upon downward movement of the crosshead members, a strip or essence setof strips of material is-sev'ered into sec tions and simultaneously a set of sections are died out into blanks by beingfitorced through the stationary dies Beforethe 'first operation of the machine" sections are" placed upon the upper edges of the diesQ'O and at the first reciprocation of the'bloc-ks 28 the said sections are forced only partway into'th'e" dies; Subsequentoperations of the blocks 28 force the partly cut sections through the dies and leave other sections partly cut through on" the upper' edgesof the dies as indicated in Fig; By: this arrangement the cutting edges of the dies" never come into" contact with the facesof the block's'28 so that thereisno injury or mutilation of these co-operating' surfaces in the" machine. Moreove'r, by thisarrangement the sections as they" are' cut are" pro 2 vided successively with constantly new cut-'- ting"'bed surfaces" in the succeeding sections so that the" edges of the cut blanks are always cleanly cut. The re'moval'of the cra material which, in the present instance, is'reduced' to" a minimum is insured by means includi'ngblades 32', each die having two" blades "located oppositely to each other 'andh-aving their sharpedges in the same plane" as the cutting edge ofthe die. Thus, as a section is cut to make a blank, the surrounding" portion of scrap material is severed at two points sotha't it readily falls away from the die While the blank passes througirthe" die into a magazine or'other receptacle provided" forthe urpose; As'the scrap material leaves the" die'itfalls upon a plate 34;having. portions inclined in 0pposite directions from which thescrap slides to theffloor or to a. receptacle" provided" to receive such material, 7 the said inclined plate; in the structure disclosed, forming part or all of the'sup'port for thedie'sQO;

In practicing the method of cutting sheet material herein disclosed by means of a machine such as that illustrated in the draw ings, strips of material arefedinto the machine from the right against a gage such as that shown at 12 and the machine is operated to cut the strips into-sections While the previously cut or sectional stripserves as a cutting bed-during the cutting operations; It is clear that this method has the marked advantage of simplicity in the steps in volved since the fresh sheets of material to be operated upon are fed always on top of those previously positioned in the machine and the. cut o1 sectioned stripsa-reremoved from the bottom of the pile, no other positioning or rearranging of the strips being necessary. A further marked -advantage-of the in vention', in its practical application, resides in the feeding of the sections of strips in opposite directions, since by this arrangement the'sectionsinay' be cut veryclose" to th'esize= of the desired blank, These sectionsmay'then" he cut into blanks hy-it he use of dies arranged in such EL 'WaY'With rela t on to eachother that the arrangement equivalent-"0fdies in a single ro'W'in' 'cl e' con-tact ivith each' other" throughout; thusmaking it possible to cut sheet materialin te blanks with the accompanying"produetien of little or no'serap or Waste material.

It sheuld be pointed 'ou-tthatifin t inven tion contemplates the cutting oi aplurality! offsheets-"or strips at one time-into sections While other"previously cut' or sectiened strips serveasa cutting bed,and their feed ing a plurality ofsecti on's over eachdiets have blanks cuttherefrom; Thus, the in vention isrnot limited in-any way the disclosure of the specific machine which; indeed, is illustrative only (if-one embodi ment of mechanism for practicing the novel methodof the invention, the breadt h of the invention being determinable by the scope of the appended claims. j v

Havin thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire-ta secure by Letters Patent of the United States'-'is:f"

1. In a cutting machine, asup'port' fora pile of sheet material, means'for cuttin-g the sheets of materialon the support to form sections from the-'sheet material; and means for feeding sectionsfrom the bottom of the pile between successive operatiens -O i said cutting means on materialat' the top of'the same'pile; q i 9 2 In a cuttin'gwmachi'nc, a support' ior a pile of sheet material, a c'ro'sshead above the" support carrying knivesarranged to -cut transversely of materi'al'on the support to form sections from the sheet material,- and means for feeding sect-ions from the bottom of the pile between the operations of cut tingsecti'ons atthe top of the-pile;

31-Ina' cutting machine, a support for the sheet material tobe cut, means for sever ing the sheet material into sections,- dies arranged 'in-rows upon opposite sides of said support, means for simultaneously moving adjacent sections in opposite directions ii i'to position over said diesto have blanks cut therefrom, and presser members for coopera-ting with the dies in cutting operations onthesections. I I

4. Ina cutting-machine, a support for the material to hecut, a crosshead carrying knives to sever theinaterial into sections,

dies arranged in rows on opposite sides of knives to sever the material into sec'tions by 1'30 transverse cuts, dies arranged in'rows on opposite sides of the work support, means for simultaneously feeding adjacent sections in opposite directions over said dies, and

presser members movable with the crosssupport, the dies in each row being spaced apart a distance corresponding'to the dimension of a die in the direction of the row, means for positioning the sections over the dies to have blanks cut therefrom, and a' presser member for each die, said presser member and die being relatively movable to effect the cutting of a blank from a sec tion.

7 In a cutting machine, a work support, means for cutting the material supported on the work support transversely into sections, dies arranged in rows upon two sides of the work support, the dies in each row being spaced apart a distance corresponding to the dimension of a die in the direction of the row and being so arranged that the dies in one row are exactly opposite the spaces in the other row, and means for positioning the sections over the dies to have blanks cut therefrom.

8. Ina cutting machine, a work support for a pile of sheet material to be cut, means for severing sheets of material into sections while supported on said work support, said means and said work support being relatively movable toward and from each other to cut the material and so constructed and arranged as not to contact with each other during the cutting operations, and means for feeding sections from the bottom of the pile in the intervals between the cutting of sheet material positioned onthe top of the same pile.

9. In a cutting machine, a work support for material to be cut, means for severing sheets of material into sections, means for removing the lowermost sections, and means for preventing removal of sections above the lowermost sections, the arrangement being such that upper sections drop down upon the removal of the lowermost sections to serve in turn as a cutting bed to co'operate with thefirst mentioned means during cutting operations upon subsequont sheets of material.

10. In a cutting machine, a work support for material to be-cut, means for cutting into sections sheets of material positioned on said support, a row of dies at one side of said support, means for moving the sections from the support into position over ,the dies, and means for co-operating with said dies to cut blanks from the sections and simultaneously insure the removal of;

tion, means for feeding sets of sections in opposite directions into position over said dies, means to co-opera te with said dies in dieing out blanks from said sections, and means for insuring the removal of Waste or scrap material simultaneously with the dieing out operations.

12. In a cutting machine, a support for material to be cut, means for cutting into sections sheets of material supported on said support, a row of dies at one side of said support, a plate surrounding each die and inclined away from the work support, means for moving the sections from the work support and into position over said dies, means for co-operating with said dies to die out blanks from said sections, and means including said inclined plate for insuring the removal of scrap material from the dies.

13. In a cutting machine, a work support for supporting a pile of sheets of material to be cut, means for cutting through upper sheets in the pile, the construction being such that the sections thus out are removed from the bottom of the pile, a'row of dies at one side of the work support, means for moving a set of sections from the bottom of the pile into position over said dies, and means to co-operate with said dies for dieing out blanks from the sections, the construction and arrangement being such that the sections are died only partway through at one operation and completed at the second operation after fresh sections have" been placed over those partly died out at the first operation.

14. That improvement in methods of cutting blanks from sheet material which comprises cutting each sheet of material into sections or blanks in such manner as to leave the sections or blanks in the same plane as the original sheet, and simultaneously utilizing a sheet, cut or sectioned in the manner described during a preceding operation, as a cutting bed fora succeeding sheet undergoing cutting operations of the same character.

15. That improvement in methods of cutting blanks from sheet material which comprises cutting each sheet or material into a plurality of sections or blanks in such manner that after the cutting operation the latter are in the position occupied by the sheet n eepxzee s eet 9 top Q th ec on d shee -e .shee ta pm e dingt t th reshhe r sheets while, util zing the u 9 s ct oned sheet or sheets ts-a ncuttin 'hed tlurinmthe o b a p 7 cutting, op erations.

16. That l mproveinent in methods of cutt ng blanks from sheet material nto aplurality of blanks or sections in such manner rp eeeutt hs ish e t c imeteri l i teeet h ving e edg t e g ii' ilet qh hip ;.hh rs'imul eneeusly rhtilizihg b ie-e 1 fr sh y ,tionedisheetfas z cutting hed for eaeh suc- -ieeedh gt she et et f+she du g c ti operati n fi heree i l sueh m nn ith h 'eilg e epc tte passes n th sp h twe rth nse iqn @wh ehfhe s ut the u ting e em tmgs ctiohe sh et from th V bottonrofi the pile, positioning another :sheet ..or ,set ,of sheets,Eever the" sectioned sh e s eet ilefir n rp-. 2 ..t m af e t v m va of section ifrh th ,bht om th ,position ever ,dies {to have; blanks flout there- Pi te-n th iqh tinge le ret h 18. That imprevemei tgin methods of cutting blanks from sheet vn gtteriatl lwhich cgin- ,i s ttinglsh et h ree ti h an si tane s y maidshee \pneviQu Y-Qn se Itiens arrangededge to edge in one plene as h eutt ng be du ng sui in -1 ep et eh T t -mentioned s eet emh gvl h lowermost set of sectionsnndplacingthem in item, t ngr is sec ens 9M die by relative movement between {the [dies and said seeti ons eachsectioni being only partly diede h the firs ope etiontan th nne mp 41 g t -di ngeou Q se h e ti n (a a su sequent opepation atwhieh time atsuoceeding section ispertly died-out.

19, Thatintiprovement;in,1metho,ds of rebut-V v -ties-bl nk omfihe ma i whi h QQ'mformed blenks,alrrgangededge to edge in one plane, .ztndieutting the sheeh into,- blhnl'gs; simi- Llerto thoseip revionsly forme'dinsnch man- -thetthe utt hg eds xetth icu te ipes I 't i'ehe th f-s ee 'ihih Wen hnd into, t spa he uee -etlieh nfiblehh fiermihglt 1-$9 3 fQ he-=$h$ e v @2 That mpmtementf i-n thed qo icu t neb ank it m-shee meter w i see -p i e euttingis rip s n ise t eh ts th tt eet qn lie hide by? .Cl nia;plehe,, d spla ,vgh ve fieeu th e eriali.

his adj cen S tio s n op o i d iqhs 11 h. vp e ti l n f om aidse ens- '21. 'flhati nprovementiin methods of cut ting blanks from sheet material Which coinprises cutting sheet inaterielinto strips,' ,sec- "tioniiig the strips by transverse cuts, moving the sections thus formed in opposite direc-' ti'ons over dies, and proceeding to cutflblan'ks from the sections the operation' of said dies.

n bl k he inh ie w ic L mprises cutting sheets into sections whichpep-o proximate closely in size the 'blgtnksthat it is desiredto'cut thereifro mffeeding adjacent tion i pp si e rfli t oh j nt pes'i p overdies two rowsend spaced in eaoh row a dis e ce quh toh d me si i e t h; and pm ed h to," eutiblae m ai sec en .hy th fs p etien' Qf e ver dies, and putting blanks 22. Thai;lIIIPTOVBHIGIIt lIl IIlGthOClSIOf cut-" 23:1 .1 cut n ;meehi ele iliip fift sheet meterial mezins for""oper ating one sheet of material to cut lit into a setj off blanks- .whilenit is suppqrted in' a given plene by s the rblen a sheet su lim p eviqh lc ltfiin ,ep a ic ,.endmea ge iproc hl relehs i e suppo during ac .hye .Qf th m h h fe emov n th flpweltm. L;

24. In a cutting machine, e support ior sheet m ri l, eensf mp e hs Qnit o t a [pile ,of sheetsto out 1 blanks therefrom While [the material is supported j in a given p n an m an .fQ remetihgblanhsif e the bottom, of the pile.

In a ut ing me hieexei upp r i-" the material to be cut, a er oss headjicarrying 0 seetionscuties m an QQI Pii A ie ar an e i rows, on eppesite ."sides Qfjt e fes rhehdi end.

means to jfe 'd hs v a ja en ."se tien .i i' D P-- pos .di Q iQn$ ii o po itigh to vbe athy sai diesmeans for cutting material supported on the Work s uppprt transversely into sect ons,jdies 26! 1 t hu -ting. ma hines w zrk-snnpq a r ng wsvup nlhppesi e. Sides 'fth W h means, t e di i sas 10 "be n 7 p ed ene ed nce cor e po ding te me sion. of di the d ect oi of i h 1 We di e ng 'errehge ih t,efd e in on r QW is, exactly oppos tes space n the other r mand me nfsifo il es enmgth e q to eb en ,c lfthe ef eh byl e di s v 7- The r mpmvementi ;m t od q f -v t is sh et m te ial. which cm r e cutti g i a Sheet (ill/ phurelityv blank Whil rests I in ,a given plane at the; top af a- 7 116 .Q m erie a .at nt va ".w it ra i t :hil mat ria e fih l b t bm 6 th {P118 7 w ereby Ithe. ex t materi s rves, QEJQUtFl bed for fresh uncut material. o

e'd,hip hm tyx j wi es' fee egime fie .ghon i he pieeee p i erielt j id e,

and a second feeding 111631.118 for moving a piece of material in the opposite direction to another die, and means for rendering the dies effective to cut blanks from the pieces of material. V

29. In a machine of the character described, cutting means for cutting sheets of material into sections of predetermined size,

and means comprising a plurality of dies for dieing out blanks simultaneously from different sections.

30. In a machine of the character described, cutting means for cutting a sheet of material simultaneously into a plurality of sections of predetermined size, and means comprising a plurality of stationary dies for dieing out blanks from different sections.

31. In a machine of the character described, means for cutting sheets of material p into sections, means for operating on the sections comprising a plurality of dies, and means for simultaneously feeding sectioned material to the several dies 32. In a machine of the character described, means for cutting sheet material into sections, a plurality of dies, and means for rendering the dies simultaneously effective to out blanks from the sections previously severed from the sheets by the cutting means.

33. Inv a machine of the character described, means for cutting sheet material into sections, a plurality of dies, means for feeding a plurality of sections simultaneous- 1y to the dies, and means for rendering the dies simultaneously effective from the sections.

34. In a machine of the character described, means for cutting sections from sheet material, means comprising a plurality of dies for operating on the material of to cut blanks the sections, and feed members movable in sheet material, means comprising a plu 'rality of dies for operating on the material of the sections, and feed members, movable simultaneously inopposite directions for moving sheet material of the sections into position over the dies.

.87. In a machine of the character described, means for cutting sections from sheet material, a plurality of dies for operating on the material of the sections, feeding means operable for positioning the material of the sections in dieing out relation with respect to two of the dies, and means for rendering the dies simultaneously effective to cut blanks from the sections.

38. In a machine of the character described, a plurality of dies, means for mov-' ing sheet material in opposite directions into position over the dies to have blanks cut therefrom, and means for rendering the dies effective to cut blanks from the material.

39. In a machine of the character described, a plurality of dies, a feed member for moving sheet material into dieing out relation to one of the dies, a second feed member for simultaneously moving sheet material into dieing-out relation to a second die, and means for rendering the dies simultaneously effective to cut blanks from the sheet material. K

40. In a machine of the character described, a plurality of dies, a feed member for moving sheet material into dieing out relation to one of the dies, a second feed member for simultaneously moving sheet material in an opposite direction into dieing-out relation to a second die, and means for rendering the dies simultaneously effective to cut blanks from the material.

41. In a machine of the character described, a plurality of cutters operative to cut a strip of material into sections, a plurality of dies, and means operable simultaneously with the cutters for forcing such sections upon the cutting edges of the dies to cut blanks therefrom. V

42. In a machine of the character described, means for cutting sections from a sheet of material, and means for subsequently cutting blanks from the sections; said means being simultaneously operable for the purposes recited.

43. In a machine of the character described, means for' cutting sections from a strip of material, a dieand a co-operating press member for dieing out blanks from such sections, said die and said member being relativelymovable toward, but not into contact with, each other. whereby the die will penetrate only part way through each section during each such relative movement, and means for feeding the sections into position between said die and said member.

44. In a machine of the character described, means including a reciprocating knife for cutting sections from a strip of material, a stationary, upwardly-facing die and. a vertically movable cutting block cooperating therewith, a reciprocatory member for feeding such sections across the face of the die and beneath said cutting block,

said block being movable toward, but not into contact with, the die so that successive sections fed into position on the die are partially out at each of tWo successive strokes of the block.

45. In a machine of the character described, cutting means intermittently operative for cutting a sheet of material into sections of predetermined size, and means comprising a plurality of stationary dies for dieing out blanks from the severed sections. 46. In a machine of the character described, means for cutting sheet material into sections, a plurality of dies having analogous ends pointing alternately in opposite directions, and means for causing simultaneously operation of the dies to cut blanks from the sections severed from the sheets by the cutting means.

I In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FREDERICK M. FURBER. 

